NewGen Independence® was chosen based on its very high tolerance to boxwood blight as well as its outstanding performance in boxwood leafminer trials. It’s growth is similar to ‘;Green Beauty’; boxwood but has much better boxwood leafminer resistance and the leaves are slightly more elongated. NewGen Independence® is a very deep green medium-sized cultivar that holds excellent color throughout the winter. It has a rounded habit that is nearly as tall as wide. NewGen Independence® can be used in formal plantings where a medium-sized round plant is desired. It would be a replacement for Buxus sempervirens ‘;Suffruticosa’; (English Boxwood) for foundational plantings. Branching structure is very strong allowing it to withstand most moderate to heavy snow loads. Deer resistant.
This upright, narrow grower has an irresistible, soft green foliage and a shape that lends itself to tons of landscape functions from hedging to specimen use. Adaptable and easy to grow.
Winterberry is an awesome plant for winter landscapes, but many homeowners don’t have room for a traditional variety. An excellent, heavy fruiting dwarf variety, Berry Poppins is ideal for gardeners who want bright winter color and fruit for cutting but don’t have room for a typical I. verticillata. It is heavier fruiting than ‘Red Sprite’. Use Mr. Poppins as a pollinator.
If your older forsythia takes up too much room and has a weak flower display, try this new, improved variety. It has the same fabulous flower display you get with Show Off® forsythia, but in a smaller package. This new dwarf forsythia is a mass of bright yellow spring flowers from base to tip. It fits into smaller mixed borders and foundation plantings, but where it saves in space, Starlet definitely makes up for with its mass of bright sunny yellow flowers that cover it from base to tip. Its deer-resistance is a major perk to this bright beauty!
This aggressively growing vine is easy to grow and one of the most rewarding plants you can have in your landscape. It may take awhile to bloom but once it does, you’ll marvel at its abundance of reddish-orange flowers throughout the summer and the wildlife they attract. Trumpet Vine is one of the best plants in the landscape for attracting hummingbirds while also providing a food source for a variety of native bees and insects. Even better, its big expanse and thick growth provide an essential nesting area for a big cross-section of our native songbirds, bringing color and life to your landscape even when it is out of flower.
This yucca has beautiful blue green foliage with numerous curly, white filaments for added texture. It has a neat, round habit, smaller than the straight species. The amazing flower stems reach 4-5′; in height and it’;s a host plant for skippers. A tough as nails perennial for sunny, dry sites including dry slopes.
Sword-like evergreen leaves add loads of texture to the landscape along with great color as it foliage is accented with a bright band of gold down the center of each leaf. Tall spikes rise above the foliage bearing creamy-white bell-like flowers in July. Superb year round color, form and texture in the perennial garden or shrub border. Drought resistant. Thrives in poor, dry soils. Easy to grow and very hardy. Nearly fool proof in the landscape.
If you love the Wisteria bloom but hate the fact that it can be one of the most noxious, overpowering, invasive plants in the landscape, why not try this outstanding, native alternative that gives you outstanding bloom without most of the headaches. ‘Amethyst Falls’ is far less aggressive than other Wisteria, yet still produces a twining woody vine that deserves a heavy duty arbor or support. Soft, gray-green compound foliage emerges later than many plants in late April or early May followed immediately by big bud clusters that elongate and open in mid to late May revealing grape-like clusters of deep lilac to purple flowers. It’s an incredible show of bloom that you, along with any neighboring native insect and butterflies, will love. Even better, ‘Amethyst Falls’ blooms dependable at an early age while most of the Asian imports seem content just to foliate you to death! This American native is so superior to the imported variety it makes you wonder why anyone would grow any other Wisteria. This container size is exclusively offered to American Beauties program buyers!
A great new plant to provide color throughout the growing season with beautiful, dark burgundy foliage and an abundant display of reddish pink flowers that any hummingbird will love!! Foliage color intensifies as autumn approaches!
The new look purple leaved weigela! Spilled Wine has dark red, wavy leaves and a spreading habit. Its hot pink-magenta flowers are similar to those of Wine & Roses, but this is a smaller plant that is wider than it is tall. This is a wonderful plant for adding lots of color in mass plantings, or tucked into an existing border.
Here’s a new sensation that will take the plant world and your customers by storm. In fact, this little gem is the perfect storm of dense, neat plant form, incredible foliage color that excites throughout the growing season, and superb flower color that seems to intensify the foliage color. ‘My Monet’™ is sure to be a favorite for its ability to provide luscious color in the landscape for a long period without hogging precious space with its mounding, dense form. Even better, it’s a plant that is a customer magnet… it’s just so cute and so attractive, it will sell from spring to fall and will be one of your best impulse sales items. This sport of Weigela ‘Tango’ features deep green foliage with creamy white edging that is infused with varying intensities of pink. Deep reddish-pink flowers add to the mix in late May through June but they are hardly necessary with the cacophony of color already present. ‘My Monet’™ is easy to grow, love full sun and makes an outstanding grouping anywhere in the landscape.
Compact, spreading form that blooms throughout the summer months with flattened, white flower heads along the stems. Very showy, excellent choice for summer interest along the foundation or border. See pages 14-15 for more details on the White Flower Farm program.
Pink Icing® has breathtaking spring and fall foliage. Spring brings lovely new growth foliage color that has varying shades of pink mixed with blue and deeper greens. In the winter, Pink Icing foliage takes on a stunning iridescent turquoise blue foliage hue which is impressive when planted en masse. Pink Icing® is a wonderful complement to Peach Sorbet®, another Bushel and Berry™ blueberry variety. Plant Pink Icing® as a backdrop with Peach Sorbet in the front for varying heights of foliage colors. Bushel and Berry™ network growers trialed this variety for 2-3 years and begged us to release it due to its beautiful foliage colors. So here is PInk Icing! Plant in decorative patio pots or plant in the landscape or garden for year round color and beauty.
Fast growing and upright with rich, medium-green foliage, this selection is an ideal choice for screening in a hurry! Rumored to be much less palatable to deer than occidentalis types, ‘Green Giant’ is a plant your customers will want to have.
Nearly perfectly globe shaped evergreen has finely textured, bright golden spring foliage. Very slow growing variety with fantastic autumn colors of deep red. This selection is a worthy choice for a rock garden, as a specimen or as an accent plant. Requires little maintenance.
Here’s a round evergreen with some personality! ‘Mr. Bowling Ball™’ has the same form as that old stand by ‘Hetz Midget’, but with lacy, awl-like, juvenile foliage that gives it a whole new look and texture in the landscape. This frilly, globe shaped plant is dead easy to grow and a delight in a foundation planting, on a border, or in any small space that could use a great looking, tolerant plant. ‘Mr. Bowling Ball’™ maintains its great looks without pruning and thrives in full sun.
It’s the next big thing for Bloomerang! Dark Purple is a bigger plant with larger, more rounded inflorescenses. It’s very showy in spring, and continues to amaze with fragrant blooms from mid-summer to frost. This is a strong grower, and will add beauty and fragrance to gardens from spring to fall. Perfect as a stand alone specimen or stunning when grouped to form a border planting, this selection is a butterfly magnet and is deer resistant. A light trim directly after spring bloom will greatly enhance this plant’s summer and fall blooming prowess.
Showy, 3″ long panicles of fragrant purple flowers grace this dense, full shrub in mid-May. Leaves are deep green and somewhat glossy and tend to keep clean throughout the growing season.
Meet the newest and most colorful Proven Winners spirea, Double Play® Candy Corn™. The show starts in earliest spring, when the new growth emerges bright candy apple red. As it matures, it turns pineapple yellow, and the new growth continues to emerge bright orange all season. Top it off with dark purple flowers in late spring/early summer, and you’ve got a display you really have to see to believe. Be sure to click the image tab below to see just how showy this low-maintenance spiraea is!
